Organized?

People make comments about how organized I am - and for the most part I am organized - but when I'm not it's irritating.  If I know I have errands to run after work I make sure I have everything in or by my work bag so when I rush out the door in the morning I grab my bag and everything around it.  My errands today after work were:

• bank
• City Hall to drop off my water payment
• library
• grocery store

I make it to the garage and realize I don't have my water payment envelope (I drop it in the payment slot at City Hall) and I'm running late so don't take the time to run back upstairs to the bedroom to get it.  I had put the envelope next to my bag so I knew the envelope was either on the floor by where my bag sits or on the bed where I move the bag to before I go downstairs.  Errand #1 goofed up.

I get in the car after work reminding myself that I need to take the west mix master interchange to head south to take the George Mills Parkway exit to stop at my bank and the library.  At least I have my bank paperwork with me.  The only reason I'm stopping at the library is to pick up a book held on reserve - it's not my usual stop to return books and check out new books - and I realize I don't have my library card with me.  Errand #2 not 100% but doable because I dig out $0.50 in my change slot in the car so I can check out my reserved book without my library card.

Last stop is the grocery store and I look on the floor of the passenger's side where I put my bag of bottles to return and it's not there - I totally forgot to even put my pop bottles (plastic) in a bag to return them.  Errand #3 not 100% but the goal of buying groceries tonight was accomplished - I just like to return my bottles during the same trip - oh well there's always next week at the grocery store.

I'm volunteering at the P. Buckley Moss Show tomorrow at the Kenneth Paul Gallery so I can take the "long way" to get there going by City Hall to drop off my water payment, get on the interstate and take the Douglas Avenue exit to be real close to the gallery.  It just irritates me to drive that extra bit (and use extra gas...oh ya and I'm also cheap) because I forgot my water payment this morning :)